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vMASON L. COPE, OF DENTON, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part 0E Letters Patent No. 281,026, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed February 2, 1883. (Model.)

To aZZ whont it may concern,.-

Be it known. that I, MASON L. COPE, of Denton, Denton county, Texas, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a hill, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a gate mountedat the middle on a vertical post pivoted at top and bottom in suitable bearings to enable the gate to swing open and shut on its vertical axis, and one of the bars of the gate is made to serve for the latch by being fitted to rise and fall, andv being connected with levers mounted on the central post, and arranged to be conveniently reached by persons riding in carriages to open and close the gate without dismountin g, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is "a perspective vievT of my improved gate. and Fig. 2 is a section of the cenv tral post.

The gatebars a. b c are fitted in a strong vertical post, d, which supports said bars at the middle, and is itself supported at its ends in bearings e and f, in Which it is free to revolve for opening and closing the gate. The lower bearing is set in the ground, or may be in a sill, if preferred, and the upper one is in a beam, a, mounted on the posts g, set in the ground or otherwise fixed in upright position. he middle bar, b, is fitted in its inortise l1, so as to rise and fall freely, to serve for the latch to fasten the gate, making a double latch to fasten at both ends, both of the posts g having the requisite notches and latchstrikes, and the same being suitablyT arranged for latching both Ways that the gate swings. The latchbar has studs Working in slots j to keep it in position, and it is connected by chains k with `a couple of levers, 1'., suspended at m from a bar, tn, and jointed together at o in the center ofthe slot p, so that each lever will be operated by the other when pulled down to open the gate. From the outer end of each lever a rod, g, hangs within reach of a person on foot or in a carriage. The levers, being thus connected together, are made to act on the latchbar both sides of the post alike, although they are only connected to said bar at one side of the posti-that is to say, one on each sidewhich is simpler than to connect both levers at both sides of the post, and the bar b balances better on the chains.

If desired, the ends of the gate may be connected to the upper end of the central post by stay rods or Wires s, to prevent the gate from sagging.

It will be seen thatv the gate balances on the center post, so as to turn very easily, enabling one in a Wagon to open it readily by pushing it around with the rod g, employed for raising the latch. The arrangement provides a double gate, opening two passages, and by reason of the balance of one side by the other it will not sag, and consequently will be more lasting than gates hanging at one end.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of levers Zwith the center post, d, and-the latch-bar b, said levers being connected to the latch-bar, and also being connected together in the center of the post, substantial] y as described.

2. The combination of bar b, having guidestuds i', with the post d, having slot-s h and j, said bar being connected to levers l, and the post d, having the gate mounted on it, and being arranged with relation to posts b substantially as described.

MASON L. COPE.

Vitnesses:

J. R. EDWARDs, R. "W, TERRILL. 

